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Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Ga
This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and rendered irreversible the process that for almost a century thereafter distinguished western relations with this quarter of the globe--t...more
Paperback, 440 pages
Published
March 16th 1998
by University of North Carolina Press
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This book is a solid telling of the events leading up to the Opium War and its conclusion (but the title is misleading, as Fay's detailed narrative begins in 1935 or so). Fay writes with wit and a good sense of drama, and his prose flows pretty well despite the fact that he jumps from one idea to another occasionally. Rarely, the text drags, as when Fay goes on a little too long about exactly how a ship arrived on the China coast from India, or what the mail service was like. Also, Fay obviou...more
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